Frederick, Maryland in 3D

Golden Mile Reborn and www.3dfrederick.com

2010-10-14T13:01:00.000-04:00

www.3dfrederick.com

3D Serves U, is proud to announce the opening of its new website www.3dfrederick.com . 3Dfrederick.com is a new way to see Frederick, MD with your computer. Powered by the Google Earth engine, 3Dfrederick.com is a web site that allows you search geographically information about Frederick City and then go visit linked internet information. It will become a great resource for businesses and organizations to promote themselves through 3D visualization.

Try it out today.

One of our first projects that you can view on the site is a partnership established with the Golden Mile Reborn Project:

This project is a partnership between 3D Serves U, the owners of www.3dfrederick.com and Brian Dinnuno, a concerned Frederick citizen and environmental scientist who developed a revitalization plan for the Golden Mile Area which consists of taking the current unconnected and unsustainable layout and transforming it into a series of interconnected roads, mixed-use buildings, green spaces, and pedestrian friendly walkways. A section of the 2D map focusing on the proposed changes for the Frederick Town Mall Area is located below:

Using the 3D expertise of 3D Serves U, we were able to create a 3D visualization of Brian's plans using Google Earth. You can see snapshots below:

This is a snapshot of the Mall Area from the southwest corner:

This is the same look with the proposed redesign.

This is from the south of the Mall Area

This is from the southeast corner

We even have plans for a grand Promenade in the center of it all with a water fountain

As you can see, 3D visualization can rapidly help us envision plans for the future, and can be a great way to communicate those changes to the general public. Take some time for yourself to see the project in 3D on www.3dfrederick.com . Click on the "Community Resources" Button in the left hand column, scroll down, and click on the "New Frederick Town Mall" and fly around.

If you are a business or organization who wants to promote yourselves through 3D. Give 3D Serves U a call. 240-344-6064 or email us at drobbins@3dservesu.com

General Engineering Company Warehouse

2010-07-02T15:58:00.005-04:00

On my way home from work, I see smoke filling the skies over downtown Frederick. It was the the warehouse house building owned by The General Engineering Company. I decided to do a model of it before the fire. You can see it below.

Or you can view the model in Google Earth by clicking here

Here are the Frederick Newspost Articles:

Owner vows to rebuild

I wish them well in their return.

3D Virtual Tours of Monocacy Battlefield buildings

2010-03-19T10:15:00.004-04:00

I am proud to announce that The Monocacy National Battlefield Park in Frederick, MD has posted three 3D Virtual Tours of some of their facilities on their website. The building models were created by 3D Services owner, Darian Robbins and the videos were created by Park Ranger Tom Gwaltney with guidance from Joy Beasley, the Park's Cultural Resoures Manager. This marks the beginning of a collaboration started last year, when 3D Services approached Monocacy about a way to promote and educate the world at large about the unique history and features of Monocacy Battlefield using new interactive media formats like Google Earth (TM). Below is an example of the video.

Monocacy is working with 3D services to have all their facilities modeled and uploaded to the "3D Layer" of Google Earth (TM). This has a few advantages one of them being to allow users to visit scale models of actual facilities before they come in person to plan their travel to the park or get visually acclimated with the environment. Also, a virtual tour enables a person to see sites that are being renovated and not allowed for public access. The 3D models all have extra information and hyperlinks attached to them through pop-up windows giving Monocacy the capability to present more information about the history of the battle or landmark.

Check out their site and their videos. You can even download video optimized for your Ipod!

Frederick New Media Conference

2010-02-19T11:37:00.000-05:00

Frederick County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a New Media Conference today!
Follow the tweets here or in the frame below!

#frednmt

Frederick Hotel and Conference Center (Site V)

2010-02-08T13:25:00.000-05:00

Recently a report entitled "Market Analysis, Cash Flow Projections, and Strategic Recommendations for a Proposed Downtown Hotel and Conference Center
Frederick, Maryland" was published. 3d Services, My company that runs this blog
decided that this is a great opportunity to show you the power of rapid visualization in Google Earth has by creating a quick mock up of the proposed Site V hotel layout and then allow you to view it in relation to the expanding models of 3D Frederick. You can download the model in Google Earth here

Monocacy Battlefield Visitor Center

2010-01-29T11:33:00.000-05:00

he Civil War Battle that Saved Washington,D.C. In the summer of 1864,General Jubal Early led Confederate forces towards Washington,D.C. and threatened to capture the capital city. On July 9,Union troops under General Lew Wallace met Early's forces on the banks of the Monocacy. At Monocacy National Battlefield,visitors can experience this and other stories of the past in a landscape that has changed little since the 19th century. Monocacy National Battlefield Visitor Center The interactive and multimedia exhibits located in the Visitor Center include numerous vignettes which take the visitor to important locations related to the Battle as well as electronic maps,historical artifacts and interpretive displays of the Battle of Monocacy. A bookstore also offers literature which provides in-depth discussions of the Civil War and the Battle of Monocacy as well as memorabilia for sale.

View in Google Earth

Frederick Restaurant Week

2010-01-28T12:58:00.000-05:00

"Frederick Restaurant Week is a 7-day promotion that features the unique and fine dining options available in Downtown Frederick and the surrounding area. Participating restaurants will offer diners price-fixed meals at mouth-watering prices the week of March 8 - 14, 2010 during the inaugural Frederick Restaurant Week." - From website, http://frederickrestaurantweek.com/

Here's my Google map below:

View Frederick Restaraunt Week in a larger map

And you can view this is Google Earth too

It's working....The world is taking note of Frederick in 3D!!

2010-01-08T10:54:00.001-05:00

Welcome to the New Year!!! I apologize for not posting lately, I've been hard at work making models for the Google competition and created other Geo Web related applications. I promise to post more here and in other social media (tweeting, facebooking, etc...) so you can keep track of the latest Frederick Area buildings to be placed in Google Earth. Have you seen the latest? No?! Follow this link please to the Google Warehouse collection for Frederick, MD We have over 30+ models in GE and more on the way!!!

Frederick's 3D work has gotten notice by Geographer, GIS specialist and cofounder of GISuser.com, Glenn Letham on his blog AnyGeo . Check out the little note here.

"See Frederick, Maryland in 3D or Model Your Own Town

by glenn

Frederick, MD is just one of the many cities that are expanding their presence in 3D via the Google 3D Warehouse. Modeled with SketchUp, a number of popular city buildings and landmarks are now online and available for viewing in google Maps and Google Earth. For more 3D building collections browse the Google 3D Warehouse http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ or follow the 3D team on Twitter via @3DWH. For those of you that a really keen to see your city done up in 3D, consider putting together a team of design professionals and enter the Google SketchUp Model Your Town Competition - good luck!"

Google Model Your Town Competition 2010

2009-12-04T13:52:00.000-05:00

Google Model Your Town Competition 2010

"Show your civic pride (and maybe win a prize) by creating a 3D portrait of your community and sharing it with the world. You have the power to get your town on the map – and there's no bigger map than Google Earth.
See what other towns have done (Google Earth file)"

I have been waiting for something like this! 3D Services plans to enter this competition. The grand prize is publicity for the city plus $10,000 for the Frederick County Public School system.

Frederick businesses, organizations, and communities!Is there anybody out there that wants to join me? Contact me and lets partner up to win this!

Clemson Corner

2009-10-29T15:06:00.000-04:00

Clemson Corner? I didn't know they were planning to build a shopping mall out on Route 26, did you? I feel so out of the loop at times. Indulge yourself with more info here in the Frederick News Post . If you would like to see a rough visual of what the area looks like before and after....just look below and click the photos for a better look

Route 26, 355, 15, before....

Route 26, 355, 15 , After...

John Brown's Fort

2009-09-27T19:50:00.001-04:00

This is my latest model to be accepted into Google Earth. No, this model is not in Frederick. It's actually in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. This is a model that I created of John Brown's fort. Who is John Brown?

According to Wikipedia

"John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist, and folk hero who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all slavery. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859."

more through this link

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of that raid I decided to do a model of the fort and upload it to Google Warehouse here.

2009-09-17T13:45:00.000-04:00

Here are a couple more models that I have checked into Google Earth. If you have Google Earth already you can just type in "Frederick, MD " in the "Fly to" tab and take a look. Google Earth is free and can be downloaded here http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

The Frederick Municipal Airport

The Carillion-Baker Park

Monocacy Battlefield Museum

(I have extra news about this one...but I can't reveal that yet.)

Welcome

2009-09-09T12:24:00.000-04:00

My name is Darian E. Robbins. I am a multimedia artist living in Frederick, MD. I set up this blog to chronicle my goal of creating a full 3D model of my city in Google Earth. It is my hope that overtime I will be able to partner with local organizations and businesses to make this happen, as I believe it will be a great way to showcase Frederick to the rest of the world. Follow my adventures. I will be posting updates and lists of buildings that I am working on, as well a news information about partnerships and contracts that I develop pursuing this venture. For now take a look at some models I already have checked in.

The Barbara Fritchie House

Hood College-Alumnae Hall

TransIT, Greyhound, MARC Station

Frederick City Hall

Models in Google Warehouse